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Dorkman wrote:No. Stop believing you can say anything you (general "you," not you specifically) want without having to face criticism or pushback. Maybe stop speaking without thinking at least a little bit about the consequences of your words.
Hmm, I think that's fair.
Mike Jr. wins!
(don't hate - friendship is magic)
But there's potentially offence in *everything*. What's the solution - stop all topical conversation, stop telling jokes? I'm not talking about actual racists, homophobes, and misogynists - fuck those guys.
We're told that life should be pain-free, and frankly that's lies to sell you more drugs and shit you don't need. Pain is part of the experience of life, that's why we're wired to feel it. Learning to deal with the little hurts, to build callouses, and to move forward, is important. Most of the small things that hurt (physically or emotionally) are inadvertent, and in the grand scheme of things, minor.
I don't think it's ok for the person who caused offence to expect people to let things slide, you have to take responsibility for your own actions, and basic empathy should lead to an apology.
That said, I think we're in danger of becoming a little over-sensitive as a whole. We're made of tougher stuff, sometimes we just forget that.
Or, we could all have a nice cup of concrete and harden the fuck up.*
*Australian. Not good at touchy-feely.
Allison wrote:As my friend put it last week: satire is meant to target the powerful, not the vulnerable. And jokes are supposed to be funny.
I don't disagree that taken on its own, it's horrible. There's context though, which is relevant to the discussion.
Right there with you on this one.
*shamefully hides his patchy, uneven excuse for stubble*
Ok, shows over. You're all going to bed now. This has become endless, cyclical bullshit. It's like listening to drunk geeks arguing shit at a party.
Let's not bring facts into this, there's a principle at stake.
I'm not sure how anyone who's read more of JG's stuff than that one post, or seen his films, could have taken that comic thing as anything other than a piss-take.
So anyway, do you have those polaroids ... ?
On a related note - yes the studios do need to evolve their distribution model to adapt to new ways of consuming media. That doesn't mean that the content creators shouldn't be looking at ways to protect their time, money, and effort spent in the production of our entertainment.
Holden, we need you to make a change real quick.
Technically Greg, you're only so many chemicals and electrical impulses. Chemicals and electricity also want to be free.
Greg, I think you're trolling. You're not considering counter-arguments, and keep repeating the same points.
You've had 4 pages of winding people who work in the industry up, well played.
It's now time for distraction kitty.
Daaaw, look at his fuzzy little paws!
I've still never watched an entire episode of Lost, and nothing I read about it makes me want to change that.
TheGreg wrote:I get that it's hard, but sometimes industries go though tumultuous times and have to adapt.
That's not an argument, that's an attitude.
Buggy whips to automobiles - these are things. People can learn to make cars instead.
Film and music into ... busking?
TheGreg wrote:Dave - the South Korean model sounds like a fascinating, if rather scary and intrusive, attempt to recreate the 1950s, but passing increasingly draconian laws to try to protect business models from advances in technology is a terrible idea.
It's protecting a business model that funds ongoing investment in artists.
Let's say someone wants to make a film but doesn't expect anyone to pay for it. Where does the investment come from to get it made? Who pays the people to make the film? Assuming you're in America, your social net isn't fantastic. Who pays your rent and food bills while you work for several years on a project? That project may not make a profit if people don't decide to pay, or only pay what they like. Ad-skipping through TV means that method of revenue is getting shakier; advertisers aren't seeing a return on their investment.
What is your plan to pay people who make the things you consume?
TheGreg wrote:In fact, it's hard to find an industry that produces digital goods that works the way you suggest that isn't heading for bankruptcy.
The South Korean music industry would disagree with this statement. Despite global trends, music sales continue to grow in South Korea, and around half of all music sold is through digital distribution channels.
The industry does not operate on a "pay if you want to" model, rather they use a common sense (not heavy-handed) approach to copyright enforcement.
South Korea’s improved copyright landscape did not happen overnight. The government began to update its copyright law in 2007, requiring online service providers to filter illegal content on request from rights holders. In July 2009, graduated response measures were introduced and in April 2011 a new law required cyberlockers and P2P services to register with the government and implement filtering measures. South Korea operates a range of measures to tackle digital piracy, overseen by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) and largely implemented by the Korea Copyright Commission (KCC)
The government says 70 per cent of infringing users stop on receipt of a first notice and 70 per cent of the remaining infringers stop on receipt of a second notice. If users refuse to stop following three notices, this triggers a further series of “correction orders” issued by the MCST. Only a small percentage of users continued to infringe once they received repeat notices backed by a sanction.
What you're describing is a sub-set of local social attitudes to digital media, not the panacea for sustainable business.
For more information on this topic, take a look at http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR2012.pdf
The French are renowned as bastions of masculinity.
Eddie wrote:Yes, Joss's portrayal of women may be flawed. But I'll put it to you, maybe it's us, as straight men, whose UNDERSTANDING of women is flawed, and constantly evolving.
I think this is possibly the most salient point of the entire conversation.
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